Hanging a VERY heavy mirror

[Blueberrycake12]

Ive been on the lookout for a beautiful mirror to go in my hallway after over a year of searching and have finally found the perfect one. Problem is that it is very heavy and Im now worried it's too dangerous to hang . My boys are only 8 and 9 and I'm getting paranoid they might knock it off, somehow.

Am I being paranoid?! Thanks!

I have two exceptionally heavy mirrors hanging, one in my hall over a console and the other over the fireplace (the one in the hall was so heavy it took two people to lift). I can take no credit as DH had full responsibility for hanging but I can tell you they’re in absolutely no danger of coming down if knocked. How DH hung them was to attach heavy duty picture straps with hooks. He then hung the hooks over bolts he’d screwed in (to the joists in the hall and the brick in the fireplace)

Thank you for making me feel more confident, although I'd dfinitely have to hire a professional to do it as I'm not sure my DH can do it!

Glad you're going to get professional help - it almost sounds like a job for two people (ideally who know what they're doing!). I don't think you could just bang in a picture hook and hope for the best!

It's a two person job. Ex-DH and his very handy Joiner brother did my last one. You need some mirror plates (clue's in the name 😂) which you can get at a shop like Boyes if you're in the North, and then literally screw it to the wall and paint over the bit that's showing with emulsion. Or, you can get a type that's keyhole shaped (I think that's what we had) and they slid over two hefty screws and held it in place. Was up there years and stayed in tact longer than my marriage!

With the right fixings you will have no worries at all!

Depending on your wall type you may need to be a little flexible on the exact placement to line up with a joist (if you have a solid wall you will be fine).

If neither you nor NH are confident at being able to do it yourself a handyman should be able to put it up in 30 minutes max (you or DH may need to offer an extra pair of hands to lift it up)

We bought screws and rawl plugs rated by weight and used twice as many as it said anyway so it's good for 200kg or something crazy like that.

Once it's up there you'll forget about it.

If you find the joist with a decent sized screw/bolt then you shouldn't have any problems. Joists in most modern homes should be 60cm apart, so once you find one the next one shouldn't be too hard - usually just look for a popped screw or two and work from there!

We've put a few heavy mirrors up in the house and used hollow wall anchors as the joists weren't in the right place - still solid many years later! Just make sure you get ones that are rated for the weight of the mirror

We put a mirrored door from the IKEA Pax range up in the hall, so just a rectangle but extremely heavy.
We used 8 of these L-shaped screws with rawl plugs, 2x top bottom and sides. Definitely a 2 person job.
www.diy.com/departments/hooks-for-hanging-l-shape-with-plug-m10x50mm-pack-of-10-square-screws-hook-wall-hanger/5056826602343_BQ.prd